Q&A Profile: Malia Maunakea

by | Feb 1, 2023 | Writing Tools

Hi, my name is Malia Maunakea. I’m a kānaka writer (aboriginal Hawaiian descent) from Hawaiʻi. I moved to Colorado in 1999 to attend CU Boulder (I have a degree in civil engineering and a minor in business). Zero about my background or work experience (transportation...

Q&A Profile: Gary McBride

by | Nov 1, 2022 | Writing Tools

Gary McBride has been a BWA member since August 22, 2018, the day after he met then-BWA President Rick Killian, who offered—on the spot—to host Gary’s study group, Writers Who Read. This monthly investigation of recently-published novels aims to uncover how to read...

Q&A Profile: Jim Ringel

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Writing Tools

Jim Ringel writes the Lama Rinzen Mystery novels, a series of crime mysteries wrapped inside Buddhist mysteries. In each Lama Rinzen mystery, the lama is reborn into one of the six Buddhist realms and must solve a crime to learn the realm’s lesson and proceed down the...